ASSESSMENT OF THE SATELLITE TRANSIT SYSTEM (STS) AT THE SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The report describes and assesses the Satellite Transit System (STS), an exclusively underground AGT system of the shuttle loop transit class used for passenger transport at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The information and data presented were collected through surveys of technical literature; formal site visits; interviews with operators, management, and engineering personnel; and a visit to the system manufacturer (Westinghouse). The report contains seven major sections and a comprehensive information checklist attached as an appendix: (1) Executive Summary; (2) Background Information; (3) Technical Description; (4) System Operational and Performance Assessment; (5) System Economics; (6) System Development Process; and (7) Concluding Remarks. The report concludes that the STS system has had no major problems in its four-year operating history, and it is in a position to further expand its final design capacity.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also related reports, PB-261339, PB-278521, and PB-277184.
• Corporate Authors:

  SRI International

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025-3493

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Yen, A M
  • Henderson, C
  • Sakasita, M
  • Roddin, M
  • Cronin, R
• Publication Date: 1977-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 133 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Automated guideway transit; Automated vehicle control; Data collection; Economics; Intra airport transit; Passenger service; Passenger transportation; Underground structures
• Identifier Terms: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
• Geographic Terms: Seattle (Washington)
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system; Satellite transit system; Underground
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Economics; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00180776
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-06-0135-77-1Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-70034
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 14 1978 12:00AM